Cottage Industry
Our sewing project received a good start this year
when we were able to arrange for a group of
dedicated villagers headed by Araiti who sewed
and delivered to us about 100 beautifully
embroidered bags.

Proceeds from the sale of the bags go towards the
welfare of the villagers after paying a large group
of ladies in the sewing group involved in machine
and hand stitching of the bags.

We are encouraged by their enthusiasm and
will start on working designing new products
for the cottage industry. We noted that some
women in the village are adept as weaving and
will explore the possibility of using their home
spun textiles.

Next we will be embarking on a new project
producing tablecloths stitched by the villagers.